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Cell Division—Mitosis Notes
Cell Division — process by which a cell divides into 2 new cells
• Why do cells need to divide?
1.Living things grow by producing more cells, NOT because each cell increases in size
2.Repair of damaged tissue
3.If cell gets too big, it cannotget enough nutrients into the cell and wastes out of the cell
• The original cell is called the parent cell; 2 new cells are called daughter cells
• Before cell division occurs , the cell replicates (copies) all of its DNA, so each daughter cell gets complete set of genetic information from parent cell
• Each daughter cell is exactly like the parent cell – samekind and number of chromosomes as the original cell
Parent Cell
2 Daughter
Cells
•Many organisms, especially unicellularorganisms, reproduce by means of cell division –called asexual reproduction – Ex: bacteria
DNA• DNA is located in the nucleus and controls all cell
activities including cell division• Long and thread-like DNA in a non-dividing cell is called
chromatin• Doubled, coiled, short DNA in a dividing cell is called
chromosomeConsists of 2 parts: chromatid and centromere
Chromosome number• Every organism has its own specific number of
chromosomesExamples: Human = 46 chromosomes or 23 pairs
Dog = 78 chromosomes or 39 pairsGoldfish = 94 chromosomes or 47 pairsLettuce = 18 chromosomes or 9 pairs
• All somatic (body) cells in an organism have the samekind and number of chromosomes
Examples: Human = 46 chromosomesHuman skin cell = 46 chromosomes Human heart cell = 46 chromosomesHuman muscle cell = 46 chromosomes
Fruit fly = 8 chromosomesFruit fly skin cell = 8 chromosomesFruit fly heart cell = 8 chromosomesFruit fly muscle cell = 8 chromosomes
Cell Cycle -- series of events cells go through as they grow and divide
•Cell grows, prepares for division, then divides to form 2 daughter cells – each of which then begins the cycle again
Interphase—period of cell growth and development
•DNA replication (copying) occurs during Interphase
•During Interphase the cell also grows, carries out normal cell activities, replicates all other organelles
•The cell spends most of its life cycle in Interphase
Mitosis – division of the nucleus into 2 nuclei, each with the same number of chromosomes
•Mitosis occurs in all the somatic (body) cells
Why does mitosis occur? So each new daughter cell has nucleus with a complete set of chromosomes
Anaphase—(Apart)
Prophase Metaphase—(Middle)
Telophase—(Two)Anaphase—(Apart)
• 4 phases of nuclear division (mitosis), directed by the cell’s DNA (PMAT)
Chromosomes uncoil
Nuclear envelopes form
2 new nuclei are formed
Spindle fibers disappear
Telophase—(Two)
Cytokinesis — the division of the rest of the cell (cytoplasm and organelles) after the nucleus divides
In animal cells the cytoplasmpinches in
In plant cells a cell plate forms
•After mitosis and cytokinesis, the cell returns to Interphase to continue to grow and perform regular cell activities
Summary: Cell Cycle
Interphase Mitosis (PMAT) Cytokinesis
•When cells become old or damaged, they die and are replaced with new cells
PhaseChromosome
Appearance & LocationImportant Events
Interphase
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Cytokinesis
DNA replication, cell grows and replicates organelles
Nuclear envelope disappears, spindle fibers form
DNA copies itself; chromatin
Chromosomes coil up
Chromosomes line up in the middle
Spindle fibers connect to chromosomes
Chromosome copies divide and move apart
Spindle fibers pull chromosome copies apart to opposite poles
Chromosomes uncoil back into chromatin
Nuclear envelopes reform, 2 new nuclei are formed, spindle fibers disappearDivision of the rest of the cell: cytoplasm and organelles
Chromatin